Last Sunday, 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter used his impressive power game to push through a three-man playoff and win his first PGA Tour title at the Rocket Classic. But on Saturday, the tour announced that the South African had withdrawn from this week’s John Deere Classic.

The PGA continues into the final two rounds at TPC Deere Run for the 2025 John Deere Classic on Fourth of July weekend. The friendly confines of northern Illinois offer up a chance for another first-time winner as the field is relatively light on star power entering the concluding 36-hole stretch.